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1937 Nova Scotia general election
Canadian provincial election
Canadian provincial election
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 1937 Nova Scotia general election |
| country | Nova Scotia |
| type | parliamentary |
| party_colour | no |
| party_name | no |
| previous_election | 1933 Nova Scotia general election |
| previous_year | 1933 |
| outgoing_members | 40th General Assembly of Nova Scotia |
| election_date | June 20, 1937 |
| elected_mps | members |
| next_election | 1941 Nova Scotia general election |
| next_year | 1941 |
| seats_for_election | 30 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly |
| majority_seats | 16 |
| turnout | 79.67% 6.23pp |
| image1 | Angus L Macdonald portrait.jpg |
| image1_size | 150x150px |
| colour1 | |
| leader1 | Angus Lewis Macdonald |
| leader_since1 | October 1, 1930 |
| party1 | |
| leaders_seat1 | Halifax South |
| last_election1 | 22 |
| seats1 | 25 |
| seat_change1 | 3 |
| popular_vote1 | 165,397 |
| percentage1 | 52.69% |
| swing1 | 0.35pp |
| image2 | Gordon Sidney Harrington.jpg |
| colour2 | |
| leader2 | Gordon Sidney Harrington |
| leader_since2 | 1930 |
| party2 | |
| leaders_seat2 | Cape Breton South |
| (Lost re-election) | |
| last_election2 | 8 |
| seats2 | 5 |
| seat_change2 | 3 |
| popular_vote2 | 143,670 |
| percentage2 | 45.77% |
| swing2 | 0.06pp |
| title | Premier |
| posttitle | Premier after election |
| before_election | Angus Lewis Macdonald |
| before_party | |
| after_election | Angus Lewis Macdonald |
| after_party |
(Lost re-election) The 1937 Nova Scotia general election was held on 20 June 1937 to elect members of the 41st House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal Party.
Results
Results by party
| Liberal | Progressive Conservative |
|---|
| Party | Party leader | # of | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| candidates | Seats | Popular vote | 1933 | Dissolution]] | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||
| Liberal | Angus Lewis Macdonald | 30 | 22 | 21 | 25 | +3 | 165,397 | 52.69% | +0.35% | Progressive Conservative | Gordon Sidney Harrington |
| Vacant | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total valid votes | 312,463 | 99.55% | – | ||||||||
| Blank and invalid ballots | 1,421 | 0.45% | – | ||||||||
| Total | 61 | 30 | 30 | 30 | – | 313,884 | 100.00% | – | |||
| Registered voters / turnout | 312,817 | 79.67% | -6.23% |
Retiring incumbents
Liberal
- Clarence W. Anderson, Guysborough
- George R. Deveau, Richmond
- Guy Murray Logan, Halifax Centre
Progressive Conservative
- Seth M. Bartling, Queens
- William A. Flemming, Colchester
- Weldon W. Patton, Cape Breton West
Nominated candidates
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
|- || |John D. McKenzie 4,977 57.35% | |James Eugene Morse 3,702 42.65% | | ||
| John D. McKenzie |
|---|
| Joseph William Comeau |
| 5,179 |
| 58.19% |
| |Edward Brenett Pugh 3,721 41.81% | | ||
| Joseph William Comeau |
|---|
| Alexander Stirling MacMillan |
| 5,590 |
| 54.96% |
| |Leonard W. Fraser 4,581 45.04% | | ||
| Alexander Stirling MacMillan |
|---|
| John Alexander McDonald |
| 7,470 |
| 32.34% |
| |George Nowlan 5,790 25.07% | | || |John Alexander McDonald |}
South Shore
|- || |Frank R. Davis 8,073 28.28% | |Reginald E. Hyson 6,268 21.95% | | ||
| Frank R. Davis |
|---|
| Gordon E. Romkey |
| 7,796 |
| 27.31% |
| |Vernon L. Pearson 6,414 22.47% | | ||
| Gordon E. Romkey |
|---|
| |J. Ross Byrne 2,715 48.09% || |John J. Cameron 2,931 51.91% | | ||
| Seth M. Bartling† |
|---|
| Henry R. L. Bill |
| 3,215 |
| 58.41% |
| |Norman Emmons Smith 2,289 41.59% | | ||
| Henry R. L. Bill |
|---|
| Lindsay C. Gardner |
| 5,566 |
| 60.11% |
| |Peter Lorimer Judge 3,694 39.89% | | || |Lindsay C. Gardner |}
Fundy-Northeast
|- | |Harry B. Havey 5,791 23.45% || |Frederick Murray Blois 6,698 27.13% | | ||
| William A. Flemming† |
|---|
| |Edward G. McColough 5,614 22.74% || |George Y. Thomas 6,587 26.68% | | ||
| George Y. Thomas |
|---|
| |John S. Smiley 8,047 22.58% || |Archie B. Smith 9,272 26.02% | | ||
| John S. Smiley |
|---|
| |Archibald J. Mason 8,024 22.52% || |Percy Chapman Black 10,289 28.88% | | || |Percy Chapman Black |}
Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore
|- || |William Duff Forrest 5,186 54.61% | |Arthur Wilfred Morton 4,310 45.39% | | ||
| Guy Murray Logan† |
|---|
| Geoffrey W. Stevens |
| 6,082 |
| 52.27% |
| |Josiah Frederick Fraser 5,554 47.73% | | ||
| Geoffrey W. Stevens |
|---|
| Harold Connolly |
| 5,458 |
| 57.81% |
| |Gerald Patrick Flavin 3,984 42.19% | | ||
| Harold Connolly |
|---|
| Angus Lewis Macdonald |
| 5,446 |
| 56.10% |
| |Richard Donahoe 4,262 43.90% | | ||
| Angus Lewis Macdonald |
|---|
| George E. Hagen |
| 5,034 |
| 54.00% |
| |Earle C. Phinney 4,288 46.00% | | || |George E. Hagen |}
Central Nova
|- || |John L. MacIsaac 3,160 61.11% | |Robert H. Butts 2,011 38.89% | | ||
| John L. MacIsaac |
|---|
| Havelock Torrey |
| 4,368 |
| 57.81% |
| |Howard Amos Rice 3,188 42.19% | | ||
| Clarence W. Anderson† |
|---|
| Newton G. Munro |
| 9,637 |
| 25.96% |
| |John A. MacGregor 8,890 23.95% | | ||
| Vacant |
|---|
| Josiah H. MacQuarrie |
| 10,149 |
| 27.34% |
| |Rod H. MacLeod 8,441 22.74% | | || |Josiah H. MacQuarrie |}
Cape Breton
|- || |Michael Dwyer 4,148 59.56% | |Robert Simpson MacLellan 2,816 40.44% | | ||
| Michael Dwyer |
|---|
| Lauchlin Daniel Currie |
| 4,172 |
| 40.12% |
| |Roderick Kerr 2,832 27.23% | |William T. Mercer 3,396 32.65% ||
| Lauchlin Daniel Currie |
|---|
| George Belcher Murray |
| 4,679 |
| 51.73% |
| |Joseph Macdonald 4,366 48.27% | | ||
| Joseph Macdonald |
|---|
| George M. Morrison |
| 5,879 |
| 52.00% |
| |Gordon Sidney Harrington 5,427 48.00% | | ||
| Gordon Sidney Harrington |
|---|
| Malcolm A. Patterson |
| 2,883 |
| 50.80% |
| |Evan MacK. Forbes 2,792 49.20% | | ||
| Weldon W. Patton† |
|---|
| Moses Elijah McGarry |
| 5,836 |
| 25.27% |
| |Alexander Daniel McInnis 4,002 17.33% | | ||
| Moses Elijah McGarry |
|---|
| Donald David Boyd |
| 2,888 |
| 53.38% |
| |Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc 2,522 46.62% | | ||
| George R. Deveau† |
|---|
| John Malcolm Campbell |
| 2,335 |
| 57.17% |
| |Frederick Walker Baldwin 1,749 42.83% | | || |Frederick Walker Baldwin |}
References
References
- "Election Returns 1937". Elections Nova Scotia.
- While 313,884 votes were cast, only 249,215 electors voted as electors in several districts voted for two candidates.
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